Yamunanagar is among the 90 constituencies to go for elections for Haryana Legislative Assembly on October 21. Yamunanagar falls under the Ambala Lok Sabha constituency and is a part of Ambala district. Bharatiya Janata Party’s Ghanshyam Dass is the current MLA of Yamunanagar.
In the 2014 Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Haryana Legislative Assembly) Elections, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Ghanshyam Dass defeated INLD hope Dilbagh Singh by more than 18 thousand votes. Dass received 79743 votes to Singh’s 51498 votes.
Yamunanagar Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Constituency number: 9
Sitting MP, party: Ghanshyam Dass, BJP
The winning margin in 2014: 28245
Runner up name, party: Dilbagh Singh, INLD
Key candidates in Yamunanagar for 2019 Vidhan Sabha elections
Sitting and Previous MLAs of Yamunanagar Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency and margin of victories
Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Party | Votes | Margin |
2014 | Ghanshyam Dass | BJP | 79743 | Dilbagh Singh | INLD | 51498 | 28245 |
2009 | Dilbagh Singh | INLD | 46984 | Devinder Chawla | INC | 33411 | 13573 |
2005 | Dr Krishna Pandit | INC | 47360 | Ghanshyam Dass | BJP | 22851 | 24509 |
2000 | Dr. Jai Parkash Shrama | INC | 20742 | Kamla Verma | BJP | 17978 | 2764 |
1996 | Kamla Verma | BJP | 35825 | Malik Chand | IND | 18369 | 17456 |
1991 | Rajesh Kumar | INC | 25885 | Kamla Verma | BJP | 20699 | 5186 |
1987 | Kamla Verma | BJP | 31336 | Rajesh Kumar | INC | 20024 | 11312 |
1982 | Rajesh Kumar | INC | 16289 | Kamla Verma | BJP | 16226 | 63 |
1977 | Kamla Devi | JNP | 28596 | Girish Chandra | INC | 9953 | 18643 |
1972 | Garish Chander | INC | 18565 | Malik Chand Ghambir | BJS | 16147 | 2418 |
1968 | Malik Chand | BJS | 10243 | Bhupinder Singh | IND | 7765 | 2478 |
1967 | B. Dayal | INC | 22043 | R. Lal | BJS | 15419 | 6624 |
Important dates
Notification to be issued on | September 27 |
Last date for filing nomination | October 4 |
Scrutiny of nomination | October 5 |
Last date for withdrawal of nomination | October 7 |
Date of polling | October 21 |
Date of Result | October 24 |
In the 2014 Haryana Assembly elections, held on 15 October 2014, the saffron party won the majority in the Assembly and Manohar Lal Khattar was chosen to head the new government.